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Seventeen goals in two games is a magnificent effort but we discovered
yesterday that Richmond full-forward Matthew Richardson didn't make Tiger
history on Saturday - although he almost did. The best by a Tiger in successive
games is 18, a record held jointly by Jack Titus, who kicked eight and 10 in
1941, and Doug Strang, who booted four followed by 14 in 1931. And the last
Tiger to reach double figures was Jeff Hogg, who booted 10, also in round eight,
13 years ago.

Lions do it for Daniel

Football has become a multimillion-dollar industry loved by thousands of fans
- but occasionally it's good to put it all into perspective. Which is exactly
what Brisbane Lions players did when they took to the field against Carlton on
Saturday night, dedicating the match to a 13-year-old Sunshine Coast boy named
Daniel Morcombe who vanished last December.

As part of a Queensland police campaign to increase awareness to his
disappearance, the Lions wore special red armbands and the Gabba crowd of almost
35,000 was shown a four-minute video presentation on the scoreboard replay
screen. Lions officials told us yesterday Queensland police had sought the
club's help as part of a massive public awareness campaign and, with the AFL's
blessing, it was happy to oblige, even providing match-day tickets for Daniel's
parents and close friends.

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The teenager left his home to go shopping on December 7 but never returned
and, despite a huge police operation, has not been found. Police who provided us
with the boy's photograph say they are also keen to locate the occupants of a
blue 1980s model medium-sized four-door sedan with a square-type shape seen near
Daniel around the time of his disappearance. The players chose red armbands
because the youngster was wearing a red shirt when he disappeared.

Day the Pies wooed the Dom

They used to call him the "Dominator" when he played the
game - now he's a headline dominator. Fresh from his engagement to Stingers
TV star Kate Kendall and his recent detailing of how once, after a grand final, he hid from two Magpie opponents in a nightclub toilet, former Carlton star Wayne Johnston is soon to make some new revelations that will shock footy fans.

In an interview he has pre-recorded for next week's edition of the Fox Footy
show Grumpy Old Men, Johnston breaks his silence on how Collingwood
made a big play to sign him in 1983, at the height of his career. According to
Johnston, the Magpies not only offered him $50,000 but also agreed to pay off
his house mortgage and set him up in a licensed grocer shop in Cotham Road, Kew.
It's history, of course, that Johnston turned the offer down, remaining a Blue
until he retired in 1990, the Magpies instead wooing Richmond ruckman David
Cloke, who took over the same Kew liquor store.

Collo and the PI

Not that the Blues were surprised to learn that Collingwood had briefly courted their star forward. According to Johnston, when he told then Blues chief executive Ian Collins what was happening, Collo said he already knew about it because, at the time, the club had employed a private investigator to tail him and pretty much was aware of the star player's every move. And he was a trusting soul, was the "Dom". He also told Fox Footy that until player contracts became compulsory in the twilight of his career he never had anything in writing with the club, just a handshake deal with Collins.

Put your shirt on it - oops!

Getting ahead of yourself is always dangerous in sport. Just ask Victorian
pacing officials who, in readiness for star seven-year-old pacer Sokyola
breaking the magical million-dollar prizemoney milestone at Moonee Valley last
Thursday, issued these "I was there when he cracked the million" T-shirts to
selected members of the media. The only trouble was, despite being the odds-on
favourite in his race, Sokyola could manage just third placing and didn't reach
the mark at all.

A tied-up Tongan

When you're from Tonga and still learning your way in Australian rules you can be excused for making the odd blooper. Like last weekend when Salesi Uhi was defending for Williamstown Reserves in a VFL match against Port Melbourne. Seizing on a poor kickout, one of Uhi's opponents grabbed the ball and kicked a goal, along the way brushing past the Tongan who had bent down to do up his bootlace.

Who said that?

"We are red, we are white, we are f---ing dynamite."- The victory
song sung by members of the Kingston City under-11 soccer side after it beat
Doncaster yesterday. Yes, that's right, the under 11s.